This collection of nine articles presents case studies of educational reform and change in 10 nations, focusing on the changing role of government involvement in higher education. The articles are: (1) "University-State Relations in Britain: Paradigm of Autonomy" (Peter Scott); (2) "Changing Conceptions of State-University Relations: The Israeli Case 1950-1990" (Yaacov Iram); (3) "Higher Education Policy Reform in Australia: An Expansive Analysis" (John Smyth); (4) "The Reformulation in Korean Private Higher Education: Changing Relationship between the Government and Private Schools" (Namgi Park); (5) "State Legislatures and Public Universities: Changing Relationships in the U.S." (Paula L. W. Sabloff); (6) "Higher Education in Turmoil: The Impact of Political Changes in East Germany on the Transformation of Higher Education" (Helmut de Rudder); (7) "Equality of Higher Education in Post-Communist Hungary and Poland: Challenges and Prospects" (Kassie Freeman); (8) "Restructuring Higher Education in the Czech and Slovak Republics: An Institutional Perspective" (Daniel S. Fogel and James E. Mauch); and (9) "Governmental Reforms in Hungarian Higher Education: Historical Traditions and New Actors" (Peter Darvas). Each article includes a list of references. (MDM)